Thursday, March 15, 2012

I knew when I saw this recipe on the ever lovely Pinterest I knew I had to eventually make it. I made two major alterations to her original recipe.

This recipe is fast and yummy. The hardest part of this recipe is simply finding the cinnamon chips. Once you find yourself some of those, well my friends a Churro-riffic, snack-tastic treat of epic proportions is soon yours.

Pour Chex cereal into a bowl. Set aside. Combine sugars and cinnamon in another small bowl. Set aside.

In a microwavable bowl, melt the cinnamon chips. Heat for 1 minute then stir. Heat for an additional 30 seconds. Stir. Continue with additional 30 seconds until completely melted. Pour melted cinnamon chips over the cereal. Stir until cereal is well coated.

Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Toss to coat. Pour out the cereal onto a cookie sheet. Continue to sprinkle and toss the cereal with the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Ok, I have questions. I'd like to know why you made the alterations you did? Also, I had a lot of trouble with the chips coming close to seizing. It was really hard to work with them. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions? I was able to salvage the recipe, and my kids enjoyed them for an afterschool snack. Just didn't come together smoothly.

Weaver Nut Co., out of Lancaster Cty PA, sells Wilbur brand Cinnamon "drops". Wilbur is a small, family run chocolate factory in nearby Lititz, PA. You have to phone an order to Weaver but they ship very fast.

A great trick that I've used when making Muddy Buddies (a very similar chocolatey version of this) is to put your cereal in a big plastic bag, pour the chocolate over it, keep as much air in it as possible and shake it! I even add my powdered sugar right into the bag. So much less messy! I didn't even realize that they made cinnamon chips. I'm allergic to gluten, and churros are one of the things I miss most! So excited to see if this fills my flavor cravings!

Just used white chocolate chips (couldn't find cinnamon chips anywhere!!) I also substituted with cinnamon oat squares instead of rice squares. We think it turned out great! No complaining from my family. I did add an extra tsp of cinnamon to the sugar mixture as well. Yum!

This was my third time making it. I thought it was a little too much cinnamon. So, this time I used 2 C of the cinnamon chips and a mixture of butterscotch and white chocolate chips for the last cup. Adding these other chips in made the mixture a bit more creamy and easier to mix with the chex. I changed nothing in the sugar mixture. It came out perfect!

I made these, I thought they were a little too sweet. My kids loved them! I think next time I will use 1 1/2 or 2 cups of the cinnamon chips instead. I ended up adding another 3 or 4 cups of plain cereal to decrease the sweetness.

Thanks for sharing! I used cinnamon chips I ordered from Prepared Pantry.

Hi!i recently found your Cinnamon Churro Chex Mix recipe on pinterest. Thank you so much! These are sooooo yummy!! I have never made any kind of "puppy chow" before and I was wondering what is the best way to keep it fresh. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Again, -MammaEndo

Just finished making a batch of this because I just loooove churros! It turned out pretty good. I used only 2 cups of cinnamon chips (mainly because that was about all that was in the bag I bought from the local Amish market), but it still was more than enough to cover all of the cereal. When I do this again, I'll probably add more cinnamon to the coating because the chips themselves weren't very cinnamon-y to me. I might decrease the powdered sugar as well since every churro I've ever eaten has not had powdered sugar and it just seems to make them a bit too sweet to me. Otherwise, it is yummy!

Has anyone actually tried this recipe? My cinnamon chips turned all crumbly when I melted them, which caused them not to coat the Chex properly. The proportion of sugar to cover the Chex was off- not nearly enough sugar to coat! The flavor turned out nicely, but they are so ugly and nothing like the picture.